linuxkidd / cppRouterRebooter

Sonoff S31 Lite based configurable Router / Modem rebooter with MQTT

cppRouterRebooter

Sonoff S31 based configurable Router / Modem rebooter with MQTT

Features

• Power cycle's connected device on internet failure
• Publishes status udpates via MQTT and local web page
• Firmware upgradable via the Web Interface

WiFi Details

WiFi SSID: RouterRebooter_XXXXXX WiFi Password: routerrebooter URL: 192.168.4.1

After it joins your wifi, find its IP and load it in your browser.

Configurability

• MQTT Server and Topic base
• Test server and port
• Test interval
  • seconds between test attempts
• Failure count before reset
  • doesn't reboot on first failure )
• Success count to reset failure status
  • allow recovery from temporary outage without restarting
• Minimum device on time
  • prevent power cycling before device would normally have been online
• Device off-time
  • How long to leave the device off to ensure a proper reset

MQTT Published topics:

• RouterRebooter/available
  • online
  • offline
• RouterRebooter/status
  • {"lastms": 20, "countFail": 0, "countSuccess": 0, "routerReset": 0, "epoch": 1585687912, "ip": "192.168.1.2", "rssi": "-34 dBm" }
  • lastms = Last connection success time in milliseconds
  • countFail = How many attempts have failed in this session - will reset to 0 if connectivity returns
  • countSuccess = How many attempts have succeeded in this session - will only increment if previous failures detected and not reset to 0
  • routerReset = If the router is getting ready to be rebooted
  • epoch = Unix Epoch Time
  • ip = IP address of the unit
  • wifi = WiFi Network Name to which the device is connected
  • rssi = WiFi Signal Strength for the device

MQTT Subscribed topics:

• RouterRebooter/switch/cmd
  • Set to 0 to reboot the connected device, will auto-turn back on
• RouterRebooter/esp/cmd
  • Set to 0 to reboot the ESP module

Factory Reset

• If you change your WiFi Network name, or otherwise need to reset the RouterRebooter to default settings:
  • Slowly press the S31's power button 4 times inside of 5 seconds.
  • Within 30 seconds, you should see the RouterRebooter_XXXXXX WiFi Network name again.
  • Re-connect and configure for your new WiFi network name.
  • Once on your new WiFi network, connect and restore your desired settings.

Web interface screenshot: